Okay so originally I wanted to have painted white kitchen cabinets, black countertops, and a black island with white countertops. But as it turns out, painting is expensive and we can save a couple thousand dollars by having them stained black instead. So I updated my plan to be black cabinets, white countertops.

This is the model home, our kitchen will be laid out exactly like this:

We will be doing floating shelves though on this kitchen wall--

And from the other side:

(upper cabinets stay, the door you see on the right leads into a pantry)

Except with this fridge and I am now planning on painting the island light blue to match it:

My original choice for the hood/range was Samsung black stainless:

So now I'm second guessing it, if the cabinets and most of the appliances are black, will the room look too dark? Should I switch to stainless? I don't *really* want to because I hate how regular stainless shows fingerprints so much.

Or do I just depend on the vaulted ceilings, floating shelves, and white walls to brighten up the room? I should have mentioned the floor color will be like a lighter steel grey oak.